mm/page_alloc: limit the number of pages on PCP lists when reclaim is active

When kswapd is active then direct reclaim is potentially active.  In
either case, it is possible that a zone would be balanced if pages were
not trapped on PCP lists.  Instead of draining remote pages, simply limit
the size of the PCP lists while kswapd is active.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210525080119.5455-6-mgorman@techsingularity.net
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f96d62159720..d7c3cb8688dd 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3722,6 +3722,38 @@ static bool kswapd_shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat,
 	return sc->nr_scanned >= sc->nr_to_reclaim;
 }
 
+/* Page allocator PCP high watermark is lowered if reclaim is active. */
+static inline void
+update_reclaim_active(pg_data_t *pgdat, int highest_zoneidx, bool active)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct zone *zone;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= highest_zoneidx; i++) {
+		zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
+
+		if (!managed_zone(zone))
+			continue;
+
+		if (active)
+			set_bit(ZONE_RECLAIM_ACTIVE, &zone->flags);
+		else
+			clear_bit(ZONE_RECLAIM_ACTIVE, &zone->flags);
+	}
+}
+
+static inline void
+set_reclaim_active(pg_data_t *pgdat, int highest_zoneidx)
+{
+	update_reclaim_active(pgdat, highest_zoneidx, true);
+}
+
+static inline void
+clear_reclaim_active(pg_data_t *pgdat, int highest_zoneidx)
+{
+	update_reclaim_active(pgdat, highest_zoneidx, false);
+}
+
 /*
  * For kswapd, balance_pgdat() will reclaim pages across a node from zones
  * that are eligible for use by the caller until at least one zone is
@@ -3774,6 +3806,7 @@ static int balance_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx)
 	boosted = nr_boost_reclaim;
 
 restart:
+	set_reclaim_active(pgdat, highest_zoneidx);
 	sc.priority = DEF_PRIORITY;
 	do {
 		unsigned long nr_reclaimed = sc.nr_reclaimed;
@@ -3907,6 +3940,8 @@ restart:
 		pgdat->kswapd_failures++;
 
 out:
+	clear_reclaim_active(pgdat, highest_zoneidx);
+
 	/* If reclaim was boosted, account for the reclaim done in this pass */
 	if (boosted) {
 		unsigned long flags;